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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Beyond conventional boundaries: Innovative construction technologies pave the way for advanced reactor deployment
In a bid to tackle the primary obstacle in nuclear deployment—construction costs—those in industry and government are moving away from traditional methods and embracing innovative construction technologies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Nicolas E. Stauff
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Depletion Benchmark Analysis on a Lead Fast Reactor Using PyARC/OpenMC
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Kalin Kiesling (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Alex Levinsky (LANL)
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Threading Efforts on DIF3D-VARIANT
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Micheal A. Smith (ANL)
A Bowing Reactivity Worth Capability Available in PERSENT
8:40–9:00AM CDT
PyARC Status Update: Recent Enhancements to a User-Friendly Open-Source Reactor Physics Framework for Fast Reactor Design and Analysis
9:00–9:20AM CDT
Kalin Kiesling (ANL), Shikhar Kumar (MIT), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
Zero Power Reactor Database Hosted at Argonne National Laboratory
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Micheal A. Smith (ANL), Richard M. Lell (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL)
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